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    "id": 884400,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
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    "content": "We need to be serious because even as we speak now, the National Council for Persons with Disabilities does not have a Chair. The appointing authority should also be proactive and know which boards or chairs are not in place. I support this list because unlike what other Members are saying, you know when you have seven nominees and we have 43 tribes, then to have all of them on board will be a bit difficult. However, if you see these names and the regions they come from, the appointing authorities have tried their best. I want to declare some interest that I know Mr. Robert Masese. He is highly qualified. Ms. Isabel Nyambura Waiyaki is actually a PhD holder at a very young age. These are the people that we need. It has two-thirds gender representation. It also has youth representation because George Kasatua ole Meshuko is also a youth. I know him personally. George Kasatua ole Meshuko comes from my county and he is a very qualified person who once was a student leader at the University of Nairobi. So, these names have gender representation. They also have youth representation and diversity. There is also a representative of persons with disabilities as I have been informed by the Chair of the Select Committee on the NG-CDF. It is important to have representation of people with disabilities especially on matters to do with the NG-CDF that deals with bursaries and education. Persons with disabilities in the country have been lagging behind especially in education. Because of prejudice and stigmatisation of persons with disabilities, traditionally, they are considered as a curse and some of them have been hidden. When you have a person with disability in such a very important board that deals with the NG-CDF, I am confident that that"
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